field grade

English

Noun

field grade (plural field grades)

  1. (military) Each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.
    In various armies, major is the lowest field grade, full colonel the highest field grade.
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